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Author | : Yolanda Broyles-González |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
This pioneering work demythologizes and reinterprets the company's history from its origins in California's farm labor struggles to its successes in Europe and on Broadway until the disbanding of the original collective ensemble in 1980 with the subsequent adoption of mainstream production practices.
Author | : Jorge A. Huerta |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2000-11-16 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521778176 |
An accessible introduction for students and theatregoers of Chicano theatre, first published in 2000.
Author | : Yolanda Broyles-González |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
This pioneering work demythologizes and reinterprets the company's history from its origins in California's farm labor struggles to its successes in Europe and on Broadway until the disbanding of the original collective ensemble in 1980 with the subsequent adoption of mainstream production practices.
Author | : Jorge A. Huerta |
Publisher | : Arte Publico Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1989-07-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781611922325 |
Huerta, a leading exponent of contemporary Chicano theater, has assembled six short, representative plays that not only share the common theme of survival but also have received successful staging. The playsÍ stylistic variety, from the Brechtian Guadalupe and La victima through the realistically domestic Soldierboy to the modern morality play Money, combined with useful introductions both to the collection as a whole and to each of the scripts, enhances the anthologyÍs value. Readers should be informed that some scenes are bilingual and some written entirely in Spanish. Recommended especially for libraries serving Hispanic communities.
Author | : Jorge A. Huerta |
Publisher | : Ypsilanti, Mich. : Bilingual Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Author | : Laura E. Garcia |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2008-12-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 029279455X |
Winner, Susan Koppelman Award, Best Edited Volume in Women's Studies in Popular and American Culture, 2008 The 1970s and 1980s saw the awakening of social awareness and political activism in Mexican-American communities. In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. In this collective memoir, seventeen women who were a part of Teatro de las Chicanas (later known as Teatro Laboral and Teatro Raíces) come together to share why they joined the theatre and how it transformed their lives. Teatro Chicana tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and present-day story of each of the main actors and writers, as well as excerpts from the group's materials and seven of their original short scripts.
Author | : Elizabeth C. Ramírez |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : 9780253213716 |
Elizabeth C. Ramírez's study reveals the traditions of Chicanas/Latinas in theatre and performance, showing how Latina/Latino theatre has evolved from its pre-Columbian, Spanish, and Mexican origins to its present prominence within American theatre history. This project on women in performance serves the need for scholarship on the contributions of underrepresented groups in American theatre and education, in cultural studies and the humanities, and in American and world history.
Author | : Luis Valdez |
Publisher | : Arte Publico Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1992-04-30 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781611923414 |
This critically acclaimed play by Luis Valdez cracks open the depiction of Chicanos on stage, challenging viewers to revisit a troubled moment in our nationÕs history. From the moment the myth-infused character El Pachuco burst onto the stage, cutting his way through the drop curtain with a switchblade, Luis Valdez spurred a revolution in Chicano theater. Focusing on the events surrounding the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial of 1942 and the ensuing Zoot Suit Riots that turned Los Angeles into a bloody war zone, this is a gritty and vivid depiction of the horrifying violence and racism suffered by young Mexican Americans on the home front during World War II. ValdezÕs cadre of young urban characters struggle with the stereotypes and generalizations of AmericaÕs dominant culture, the questions of assimilation and patriotism, and a desire to rebel against the mainstream pressures that threaten to wipe them out. Experimenting with brash forms of narration, pop culture of the war era, and complex characterizations, this quintessential exploration of the Mexican-American experience in the United States during the 1940Õs was the first, and only, Chicano play to open on Broadway. This collection contains three of playwright and screenwriter Luis ValdezÕs most important and recognized plays: Zoot Suit, Bandido! and I DonÕt Have to Show You No Stinking Badges. The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of California-San Diego. Luis Valdez, the most recognized and celebrated Hispanic playwright of our times, is the director of the famous farm-worker theater, El Teatro Campesino.
Author | : Luis Valdez |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2021-07-27 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1000398676 |
Theatre of the Sphere is Luis Valdez’s exploration of the principles that underlie his innovations as a playwright, teacher, and theatrical innovator. He discusses the unique aesthetic, more than five decades in the making, that defines the work of his group El Teatro Campesino—from shows staged on the backs of flatbed trucks by the participants in the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s to international megahits like Zoot Suit. Opening with a history of El Teatro Campesino, rich with Valdez’s insights and remembrances, the book’s first part provides context for the development of the Theatre of the Sphere acting method. The second part delivers the conceptual framework for Valdez’s acting theory and practice, situating it in Mayan mathematics and metaphysics. The third part of the book applies this methodology to describe the "viente pasos," the 20-element exercise sequence that comprises the core practice of El Teatro Campesino—strengthening the body, balance, precision, and flexibility but also leadership, collaboration, observation, vulnerability, trust, and expression of passion; of consciousness of time, place, self, community, language, and belief; of honour, faith, morality, and commitment. The book concludes with the full text of Valdez’s poem, "El Buen Actor/El Mal Actor," and a comprehensive bibliography for further study. This is a vital and indispensable text for today’s actor, as well as scholars and students of contemporary theatre, American and Chicano performance, and the process of theatre-making, actor training, and community performance.
Author | : Nicol‡s Kanellos |
Publisher | : Arte Publico Press |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1983-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781611922226 |
A collection of interviews, essays and vaudeville skits from the 1930s to the 1950s all pertaining to Mexican American theater. Historical studies by Jorge Huerta, Nicol‡s Kanellos, Tom‡s Ybarra-Fausto and others; exclusive interview of Luis Valdez; and a vaudeville material from Lalo Astol, the Carpa Garc’a and others never before published.